Fortuna Police arrest man after foot pursuit

On March 5, at approximately 10:09 a.m., an officer with the Fortuna Police Department contacted Fortuna resident Jacob Hines, 27, near the intersection of Ninth and K streets in Fortuna. Upon advisement that he was being placed under arrest for the warrant, Hines elected to evade arrest by fleeing the area on foot. After a search that spanned over two blocks and lasted only a few minutes, Hines was located and arrested in a residents garage a block away from the initial contact.

Due to the initial contact being in close proximity to Fortuna Middle School, and the fact that school officials witnessed the subject flee from officers, staff elected to place the school in lockdown status to ensure the safety of the students. The lockdown was lifted moments later when Hines was taken into custody.

Hines was booked into the Humboldt County Jail on the following charges: